Properties

Question 1

Commutative property

Answer 1

Order doesn’t matter (addition or multiplication)

Question 2

Associative property

Answer 2

Changing where you put parentheses but the order stays the same (multiplication or addition)

Question 3

Additive property

Answer 3

Adding zero to any number and you will get the original number (addition)

Question 4

Multiplicative identity

Answer 4

Multiplying a number by one and getting and getting the original number (multiplication)

Question 5

Additive inverse

Answer 5

Adding opposite values to equal 0 (addition)

Question 6

Multiplication inverse

Answer 6

Multiplying by a reciprocal to equal 1( multiplication)

Question 7

Multiplicative property of zero

Answer 7

Multiply by zero to get zero (multiplication)

Question 8

Division property of zero

Answer 8

Zero divided by any number is 0 but any number divided by zero is undefined (division)

Question 9

Distributive property

Answer 9

Multiplying by the sum of numbers equals multiply numbers separately (EX: 7(2+3)=(7x2+7x3). (Multiplication over addition)

Question 10

Distributive property (negatives)

Answer 10

Multiplying by a difference is the same as multiplying the same numbers separately. (Multiplication over subtraction)